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Federal Reserve cuts rate by 0.25%, defying Trump’s demand for “Big Interest Rate Drop”
Sep 18, 2019The Federal Reserve cut its benchmark rate by a quarter percentage in a bid to keep trade wars and the threat of a global recession – what it delicately called “global developments” – from tanking America’s decade-long expansion. President Donald Trump reacted to the decision by tweeting: “Jay Powell and the Federal Reserve Fail Again. No `guts,’ no sense, no vision!”
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Trump tells “boneheads” at Fed to cut interest rates below 0%
Sep 11, 2019 -
U.S. employment weakens in August as the economy adds only 130,000 jobs
Sep 06, 2019 -
Black Knight: Home price growth rate increases for first time in 16 months
Aug 29, 2019 -
First American says consumer house-buying power is highest its been in nearly two decades
Aug 28, 2019 -
What does an inverted yield curve really mean for housing, U.S. economy
Aug 28, 2019 -
Powell: Economy in favorable place in face of significant risks
Aug 26, 2019 -
Fed minutes show more rate cuts likely through 2020
Aug 21, 2019 -
Trump tells Fed to cut rates by 100 basis points
Aug 20, 2019 -
Urban Institute: Gap slowly closing for Hispanic homeownership
Aug 13, 2019 -
Nearly 10 million borrowers could lower their mortgage rate by 0.75% by refinancing right now
Aug 08, 2019
